Entertainment
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Feder: NBC Chicago launched record-setting run for Hugh DownsJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - The great Hugh Downs, whose more than five decades in television earned him a Guinness-certified record for most hours on network TV, started it all in Chicago, Robert F...
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Teatro Leyden tackles radio drama in new mediumJul 02, 2020 11:00 pm - District 212's award-winning bilingual theater program Teatro Leyden is doing all it can to keep theater art alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the group ...
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COVID-friendly Fourth fun you can watch on TVJul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Here comes another big date on the calendar that won't be quite what we've come to expect from years past. Gone are the traditional suburban festivals and their firework...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyous, soul-searing 'Hamilton' a big plus for Disney+Jul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Some day we will surely get a legitimately cinematic movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyously soul-searing Broadway musical "Hamilton," all rapped up in red, white...
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Feder: After 5 years on WGN, Carl Amari's radio classics returning to WINDJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - With the impending cancellation of the weekly "WGN Radio Theatre" on WGN 720-AM, host Carl Amari is about to bring classic drama and comedy from the golden age of radio ...
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Comic book creator lends hero to worthy causeJul 01, 2020 11:00 pm - A comic book creator is lending his superhero to a worthy cause with the help of some of his Hollywood friends. Mark Starks, creator of "Martian," is producer of an upco...
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Schaumburg Library Announces Poetry Contest WinnersJul 01, 2020 11:00 pm - The winners of Schaumburg Township District Library's poetry contest are Pretti Singh for "In a Time of Distance" in the adult category; Madison Schoewe for "April 2020"...
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Spring Awakening goes online with Goldroom, Krewella, Gene Farris and moreJul 01, 2020 6:00 am - Spring Awakening's cancellation from the ongoing pandemic left a gaping hole at the start of what many were already anticipating might be a barren summer festival season...
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O'Donnell: Determined Thomas trying to keep hope alive at AM-1000Jul 01, 2020 1:00 am - THERE ONCE WAS A TIME when sports talk radio in Chicago was fresh. That would have been when Bill Clinton was in the White House, "The Lion King" was about to happen and...
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Feder: With no savior in sight, Tribune loses reporter David JacksonJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - David Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who spearheaded a valiant effort to find a benevolent owner for the Chicago Tribune, has resigned after 29...